[Voyage-linux] install x and a working window manager on the alix 3d3

[Richard Urwin]

You should be able to get a higher resolution with the lxfb module.
(Assuming 3d3 is a typo, or is equivalent to the 3c3).

I haven't brought up X, but I do have the framebuffer displaying
1280x1024 at 32bpp.

Why do you need X? My solution to your problem would be to run the
applications on the 3c3, but display the GUI on a remote X server.
There are free X servers available for Windows, and you don't need X
or VNC installed on the 3c3. You just need the DISPLAY environment
variable set, or use the --display flag to the application.

from memory, SSH into the box and use the command: xterm --display host:0
where host is the name of the PC running the X server. xterm may not
be the best choice of terminals, I think it's a bit hungry.

On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Stephan Steiner
<stephan.steiner at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'd like to run a lightweight window manager on my alix box. I installed
> xorg and openbox and I also tried xorg and wdm but I'm having a really hard
> time getting X to run in a way that I can see something on my screen.
>
> I managed to get a VGA screen by reconfiguring (dgpk-reconfigure
> xserver-xorg) and selecting vga instead of vesa (that also means 640x480 and
> 8 bit) when I had just xorg and openbox installed. However, the resolution
> and number of colors make this of little use.
>
> When I vnc into such a setup, I get the window manager screen but cannot
> right click to start something.
>
> The situation is very much the same with wdm, except that in this case when
> I vnc into the box I get a terminal and can start installers that have a GUI
> (my main reason for having x in the first place)..
>
> I figure the problem is X and not the window manager - voyage is my 3rd
> linux I'm trying to install. I get the ready-made image of imedia linux to
> work (no mouse though meaning it's of very little use, plus the partition
> size cannot be expanded beyond 256mb), but both the imedia installation and
> xubuntu installation from CD abort after the first one or two screens,
> hinting that it's not so easy to get the Alix to show something on screen
> (just for good measure I attached the box to two different traditional VGA
> screens so as to rule out that there's an issue with my TFT display).
>
> So, I'm wondering, has anybody managed to get x working locally and properly
> at a decent resolution? If so, would you mind sharing your X11.conf and if
> you did anything special besides installing the abovementioned packages it
> would also be good to know.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Stephan
>
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-- 
Richard